SharePoint Designer Workflow Failed on Start (Retrying) issue
22 Dec 2011 11:45am GMT Recently I’ve stumbled on a strange error in SharePoint. In the entire site collection I couldn’t start any workflow (nobody could). If workflows were set to start automatically, they would fail immediately with the message Failed on Start (Retrying) If they were set to manual start after clicking the Start button on the workflow initiation [...]
Fix lookups–update for SharePoint 2010
13 Dec 2011 11:16am GMT A while ago I prepared a simple solution on CodePlex that helps to reattach broken lookup columns (due to restore, migration,…). There is an update available – on the same place – CodePlex. The project is still a small console application. How to use it? Run it and follow instructions. Click here to download the [...]
Display members of AD groups in SharePoint
12 Dec 2011 10:58am GMT Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you’ve followed recommended practice to use also AD groups? Perfect. So you create an AD group, add some users to that group and next you add that group into a SharePoint security group. Good. Now three months from now if somebody asks you to list all [...]
Resolving DCOM 10016 Error on SharePoint server
23 Nov 2011 9:42am GMT If you find a lot of DCOM errors with event ID 10016 in your application server role, this may be due to Windows Server 2008 R2. Here’s how to resolve these isuses On the failing server open Server Manager, and under Roles select Application server. You will most probably find quite a lot of DCOM [...]
Unable to open Office documents or Explorer view from SharePoint on Windows XP or Windows Vista
13 Oct 2011 10:39am GMT If you run into this problem and you’ve checked that your Webclient service is running on your computer, there may be chance that the server running SharePoint has basic authentication enabled. There is a fix for this that needs to be installed locally. You can find the explanation and fix here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841215 Update: If you [...]